Patriocetus Abel 1914 (toothed whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Patriocetidae

Full reference: O. Abel. 1914. Die vorfahren der bartenwale. Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse 90:155-224

Parent taxon: Patriocetidae according to M. D. Uhen 2008

See also Abel 1914, Abel 1919, Benton 1993, Carroll 1988, Dubrovo and Sanders 2000, Fordyce and de Muizon 2001, Geisler et al. 2011, Geisler and Sanders 2003, Kellogg 1928, McKenna and Bell 1997, Miller 1923, Pia and Sickenberg 1934, Rothausen 1968, Sepkoski 2002, Simpson 1945, Slijper 1936 and Whitmore and Sanders 1977

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Patriocetus denggi Patriocetus ehrlichii Patriocetus kazakhstanicus

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Type: Squalodon ehrlichii

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of Austria (3 collections), Germany (1), Japan (1), Kazakhstan (1)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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